Junior Summer Camp

for teenagers aged 12 to 17

June 25 - August 10 2018

The ISI “English in Action” summer camp is a fun and exciting way for teenagers to learn

English. Located in the city centre, just five minutes from O’Connell Street, the pro-

gramme includes 20 hours tuition per week and over 25 hours of stimulating social & cul-

tural activities. Classes combine General English Lessons with English in Action Projects,

aimed at building confidence when using English in everyday situations. Our friendly host

families live 35 minutes from the city centre, with direct access by public transport. The

activity programme combines sporting, cultural and engaging activities designed to chal-

lenge and inspire our students. With activities every afternoon, two evenings per week

and one full day tour at the weekend, this is a programme students will not forget.

School facilities

The camp takes place in Belvedere College, a prestigious and historic private high school in the

heart of Dublin’s City Centre. The school is a renowned centre of excellence, where students will

walk in the footsteps of James Joyce, who was a student there in 1894. The school boasts excel-

lent facilities which we are delighted to offer

to our students including:

 bright classrooms with digital whiteboards

 canteen and courtyard for relaxing breaks

 outdoor secure courtyard

 indoor heated swimming pool

 all weather outdoor sports pitch

 Indoor gym hall

We use a select group of friendly host families who are all very experienced in welcoming interna-

tional students into their home. These families all live within the same area which means students

of all nationalities can take public transport together, and have company during their free time.

 35-minute commute to the city centre & school

 Shared rooms, with students of same age

 Full board; breakfast, packed lunch and hot dinner

Accommodation in Host Families

This programme consists of 20 hours tuition per week, including General English and English in

Action Projects, designed to encourage interaction in a practical environment. With General Eng-

lish lessons taking place in the classroom, English in Action Projects are a wonderful opportunity

to engage with local, native speakers through street surveys, interviews, educational role plays,

and short trips to the vast array of local markets.

Our highly qualified and experienced teachers have been handpicked for their dynamic and ener-

getic teaching approach, guaranteeing an engaging and rewarding student experience.

Students will cover 2-3 topics per week. Some of these topics are listed below:

The Social Programme encourages students to utilise their Morning Lessons, through a series of

activities & excursions that reflect their classroom activities of reading, speaking, vocabulary and

listening exercises.

Lesson themes

English in Action Projects (English outside the classroom)

Students are encouraged to present their findings from each project to the class in the form of a

lively presentation, debate, etc., and are encouraged to make use of the whiteboards and com-

puters to illustrate their findings.

The class is given an opportunity to ask questions about the presentation, and a vote is taken at

the end of the lesson to decide which projects were the most engaging, informative, and educa-

tional. Below are some descriptive examples of the engaging English in Action Projects the stu-

dents will participate in:

In small groups, in class, students pick a location to visit in Ireland and pre-

pare questions about this imagined trip. Keeping this progress in mind, stu-

dents visit a nearby Tourist Office, interviewing local guides and staff, and

collecting information leaflets, recording this information for later use. They

bring the information gathered during the class trip back to class to complete

the tasks set by the teacher.

In class, students learn about different Irish folklore stories, including “The

Children of Lir”, and are encouraged to use their imagination in developing

characters and dialogues for a story of their choosing. They visit the Garden

of Remembrance, and act out scenes from their story, or reimagine the

mythical tale beneath the statue of the Children of Lir.

Tourist Office

Crime & Punishment

Music, Movies & Art

Pop Culture & Social Media

Irish Culture

History & Folklore

Adventure & Travel

Shopping

Money & Advertising

Health, Medicine & Science

Garden of

Remembrance

In pairs, students develop a list of interview questions about a topic of per-

sonal interest to them (sport, music, current affairs, etc). Students are then

brought to O’Connell/Henry Street, the heart of Dublin City, and in their pairs

engage with the public, under the supervision of their teacher.

Students prepare a list of survey questions in the classroom, about a specific

topic of personal interest to them (e.g. sport, music, current affairs). They

then visit other classes in their pairs to conduct a radio interview with fellow

international students, teachers, and members of staff.

Students prepare vocabulary and questions related to food and shopping.

They rehearse role plays with each other where they are monitored for errors

and coherence, preparing them for conversational English with local Irish

people. They then go out in small, supervised groups to local markets near

O’Connell Street/Henry Street, an area made famous by Molly Malone.

Students begin with a classroom lesson focusing on the Dublin’s proud cul-

ture of Irish and International art. A visit to the famed Hugh Lane Gallery is

their next stop, where an interactive questionnaire is to be completed by en-

gaging with Gallery Staff, Visitors, and using the exhibitions on display.

Hugh Lane

Gallery

Street Surveys

Interviews

Local Market

Visit

Learning Aims

Developing student autonomy, instilling confidence, and creating intrigue is at the core of

English in Action Projects. While the nuances of improving speaking and listening skills

with a focus on fluency and coherence, developing note-taking skills, promoting and en-

couraging functional language in realistic situations are each fine-tuned in the General

English Lessons, within the classroom.

We develop these skills through roleplays, debates, discussions,

presentations, interactive mingling activities, songs & poetry, vocabu-

lary games such as “back to the board” and “grass skirts”, podcasts

and TED talk activities, questionnaires, “show and tell” activities, inter-

active computer-based activities. Our specially selected teachers are

meticulous in monitoring and checking for fluency and coherence.

Students improve these skills via a refreshing use of Realia, with an

emphasis on newspapers, magazines, local & international maps, in-

ternet blogs & articles, comics, posters, interactive online exercises,

story and script writing, social media simulations, etc. Students are

encouraged to consolidate and reinforce their vocabulary and commu-

nicative skills through focused tasks set by their experienced teachers.

Speaking, Listen-

ing & Vocabulary

Skills

Reading, Writing

& Grammar Skills

Evening Events

Every Wednesday and Friday students take part in our evening events. Evening events are all

hosted in the city-centre close to the school. Events take place after the afternoon activities and a

light meal is provided before the event. Following the event students take their usual public

transport home and students are escorted to the main stops in the city-centre by ISI staff. Evening

events are hosted from 6-9pm so students will all be traveling home in daylight before 10pm.

We challenge students to flex their brain muscles with the ISI Quiz Night. Jam

packed with general knowledge, Irish culture questions and fun action rounds

students will need to work together to win big prizes!

Students can relax and unwind with a selection of the best new and classic

movies, we include free popcorn and optional subtitles.

Our live theatre shows are a mixture of comedy sketches and performances

that help explain Irish culture to international students of all levels in an enter-

taining way .

Music fans will love our live Music performance by one of Dublin up and com-

ing young bands. Students are guaranteed to love this act.

Every Friday throughout the Summer Camp we have a disco to welcome all

our new arrivals and say goodbye to all those students finishing their summer

camp experience.

Table Quiz

Movie Night

Live Theatre

Live Music

Disco

Date Activity: 14:30—16:45

25-Jun Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)

26-Jun Tuesday Christchurch Cathedral & Dublinia

27-Jun Wednesday National Gallery and Natural History Museum

28-Jun Thursday Croke Park Museum

29-Jun Friday Jeannie Johnson Famine Ship

30-Jul Saturday Kilkenny Castle and City

Timetable - Social and Sporng Acvies

Overview

Our activity programme is

designed to give students

the perfect mix of sports,

social and cultural activities.

There are over 25 hours of

entertainment every week,

including two evenings and

one full day bus tour at the

weekend.

Evening Events

We offer two evening

events per week. These

events take place in the city

centre. After the events stu-

dents take their normal bus-

es home.

 Movie nights

 Disco

 Table quiz

 Live Theatre

 Live Music

Sports

We will play sports for 1

hour every Monday to

Thursday., making use of

the excellent facilities on the

school campus:

 Rounders

 Soccer

 Swimming (indoor pool)

 Basketball

 Volleyball

WEEK

Date Activity: 14:30—16:45

02-Jul Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)

03-Jul Tuesday Malahide Castle

04-Jul Wednesday Archaeology Museum

05-Jul Thursday Trinity College and the Book of Kells

06-Jul Friday Street Performance Festival

07-Jul Saturday Causey Farm Experience

Date Activity: 14:30—16:45

09-Jul Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)

10-Jul Tuesday Creepy Church Crypt Tour

11-Jul Wednesday Temple Bar Challenge Scavenger Hunt

12-Jul Thursday Botanic Gardens & Glasnevin Cemetery

13-Jul Friday Irish dancing Lessons

14-Jul Saturday Galway City Tour

Date Activity: 14:30—16:45

16-Jun Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)

17-Jun Tuesday Howth Walking Tour

18-Jul Wednesday EPIC Ireland

19-Jul Thursday Dalkey Castle

20-Jul Friday St. Patricks Cathedral and Parks

21-Jul Saturday Glendalough and Bray Air Show

Time Mon – Fri Sat or Sun

09:00 - 11:00 Classes

Full day

Bus Tour

11:00 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 13:30 Classes

13:30 - 14:15 Lunch

14:15 - 16:45 Activity (1 –2 per day)

19:30 - 21:30 2 Evening activities (Wed & Fri)*

4-week cycle

After week 4 the activity

programme repeats weeks

1-3 which means that any

student that books a 4-week

programme or less is guar-

anteed not to repeat an ac-

tivity. All entry and travel

costs have been included in

the fees, and all activities

are supervised by an ISI

team member. Sundays are

always free to spend with

the host family or group

leader.

TIMETABLE

The Summer Camp programme includes one full day tour per week. Our 2018 tours include;

Kilkenny Castle and City

Only 2hrs from Dublin, Kilkenny is the prefect choice for tourists and Dubliners alike. Students will

have plenty of time to explore Kilkenny’s ancient laneways, medieval architecture and old world

charm on this wonderful day tour. We also provide a guided tour of Kilkenny’s majestic 12

Cen-

tury Castle where students will uncover the murky history of its past residents.

Causey Farm

Students will experience life on a real Irish Farm. Causey Farm is a fun based venue for a variety

of entertainment, tourism and educational programs. Students will get to participate in all sorts of

traditional Irish activities and learn about Irish culture through traditional rural pastimes.

Galway City

Arty, Bohemian Galway is renowned for its cobbled streets, stone clad café, art galleries and tra-

ditional Irish music scene, wander down any street and you are likely to hear traditional musicians

playing their hearts out. Students will enjoy a professionally guided tour of this charming city with

plenty of free time for shopping and exploring.

Glendalough and Bray Air Show

Glendalough is a place of calm, iconic beauty and home to St. Kevin's monastery. Students will

enjoy an idyllic hike through its peaceful valleys with an ISI guide. Afterwards, we stop at the Bray

Air Show to see Ireland’s biggest and best air display.

Belfast City Tour

Belfast is Northern Ireland’s capital city and birthplace of the Titanic. Students will enjoy a profes-

sional walking tour around the city centre taking in all the sights Belfast as to offer. Students will

learn about the city's troubled past and bright future. After the walking tour students will have

plenty of free time for shopping and exploring.

Weekend Tours

All packages include:

 Return airport transfers

 Full board host family

 7 day travel pass per week

 20 hours tuition per week

 5 weekday afternoon activities

 2 evening activities (Mon to Fri)

 1 full day bus tour at the weekend

 1 free leader per 15 students

Fees and services

Arrival & Extra Nights Price

Host Family: Arrival on any date accepted but weekends preferred. Class projects start each

Monday so if students arrive mid-week they will miss the start of a class project.

€25 pn

Supplements Price

Late Arrival: If your flight is booked to arrive between (10am to 3am) or depart (3am to 9am) €25 pp

Extra Group Leaders 1 Week 2 Weeks 3 Weeks 4 Weeks

Single room in host family €270 €510 €745 €980

Single room in local 3 star hotel full board €749 €1,477 €2,205 €2,933

Individual Students

Aged 12 to 17

Group

15+

Weeks

Price

1 €799

2 €1,280

3 €1,870

4 €2,375

5 €2,980

6 €3,570

All fees must be paid 100% in advance. Final confirmation of host family details will be sent at least two

weeks prior to arrival.

For more information contact: ISI, 4 Meetinghouse Lane, Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7

T: +353 1 87 27 888 E: info@isi-ireland.ie W: www.studyinireland.ie